Question

I have a table notes. With fields service_date and create_date. I only want to see a result if the service_date is >='01-JAN-2012 AND if the service_date and create_date do not match.

I have tried

select applicant_id, service_date, create_date
from notes
where service_date!=create_date

But I get results where those 2 dates match, so it isn’t working.

I’m sorry, I am using Oracle

Answer 1

Try:

select applicant_id, service_date, create_date
  from notes
 where trunc(service_date) != trunc(create_date)
   and service_date >= to_date('01/01/2012', 'dd/mm/yyyy')

(Dates in oracle DB always have a time component – even if you don’t display it)